Cabestana cutacea
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| Cabestana cutacea cutacea | |
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| Cabestana cutacea dolaria | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cymatiidae |
| Genus: | Cabestana |
| Species: | C. cutacea
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| Binomial name | |
| Cabestana cutacea (Linnaeus, 1767)
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Cabestana cutacea, common name the Mediterranean bark triton, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.[1]
List of synonyms
- Aquillus cutaceus (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Aquillus cutaceus var. major Pallary, 1920
- Aquillus dolarium (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Aquillus dolarium attenuata (f) Pallary, P., 1920
- Aquillus dolarium elongata (f) Pallary, P., 1920
- Aquillus dolarium major (f) Pallary, P., 1920
- Cabestana costata Röding, 1798
- Cabestana cutacea cutacea (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Cabestana dolaria (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Cabestana doliata Röding, 1798
- Cymatium doliarium Linnaeus 1767
- Murex cutaceus Linnaeus, 1767
- Murex dolarium Linnaeus, 1767
- Murex succinctus Risso, 1826
- Ranella lemania Risso, 1826
- Ranella tuberculata Risso, 1826
- Simpulum dolarium (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Simpulum dolarium var. elongata Pallary, 1903
- Triton africanum Adams A., 1855
- Triton cutaceum (Linnaeus, 1767) (incorrect gender agreement of specific epithet)
- Triton cutaceus (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Triton cutaceus var. curta Buquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882
- Triton cutaceus var. gerna de Gregorio, 1885
- Triton cutaceus var. isgura de Gregorio, 1885
- Tritonium curtum Locard, 1886
- Tritonium danieli Locard, 1886
Description
The adult shell size varies between 25 mm and 90 mm.
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Distribution
This species is found in European waters (Spain); in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands, the Azores and the Cape Verdes; and off Mozambique and South Africa.
References
- ^ a b Cabestana cutacea (Linnaeus, 1767). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 December 2018.
- MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds) (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213